Wenting Yu
Mr. Yu is currently a candidate for his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, under the studio with Prof. Vladimir Valjarevic as a full-scholarship and doctoral teaching fellowship recipient. In May 2019, Mr. Yu graduated from Mannes School of Music of The New School with a full scholarship, where he obtained his Master of Music Degree under the tutelage of Prof. Pavlina Dokovska. Upon his graduation from Mannes, Mr. Yu has been selected to be the 2019 recipient of the Steinway & Sons Award, given to an outstanding artist in the graduate program.
As a dedicated soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue, pianist Wenting Yu has won numerous First Prizes worldwide, including the “2019 International Keyboard Institute and Festival Competition” in New York City, the “2020 WPTA Finland International Piano Competition for Solo and Piano Duo Divisions”, the “2021 GOCAA International Piano Competition”, the “2018 Golden Classical Music Award International Competition” in New York City, the “2020 Rutgers University Mason Gross Concerto Competition”, the Ravel Prize & Robert Casadesus Grand Award at the “2018 Fontainebleau Festival” in France, the “2018 Mannes School of Music Piano Concerto Competition”, National Champion at the “Fifth China National Piano Competition” in Xiamen, China, etc.
Mr. Yu has also achieved prizes including the “2020 Concerto Competition of Busan Maru International Music Festival” in Busan, South Korea, “2019 Steinway Award for Outstanding Pianist” from Mannes and the Steinway & Sons Company NYC; the “2018 Ravel Grand Prize” awarded by the Foundation of Maurice Ravel and Écoles d'Art Américaines de Fontainebleau in the Palace of Fontainebleau, France; the Winner of a recipient of “Music Teachers National Association Competition Steinway 2016-2017 Annual Young Artist Award”; the Third Prize Winner at the 9th Metropolitan International Piano Competition at DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York City; Third Prize Winner of 2019 Gershwin International Piano Competition; Third Prize at the “Liszt International Piano Competition for Young Pianists” in Moscow, Russia and many others.
Mr. Yu is currently a candidate of his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, studying with Prof. Vladimir Valjarevic as a full-scholarship and doctoral teaching assistantship recipient. In May 2019, Mr. Yu graduated from the prestigious Mannes School of Music of The New School with the full-scholarship where he obtained his Master of Music Degree and under the tutelage of the chair of the piano department, Prof. Pavlina Dokovska. Since his graduation from Mannes, Mr. Yu has been selected to be the 2019 recipient of the Steinway & Sons Award, given to an outstanding pianist enrolled in a graduate program. A native of Shenyang, China, Mr. Yu was born into a family of musicians, he graduated from the Pre-College of Shenyang Conservatory of Music in China where he received his advanced music education under the direction of Prof. Danwen Wei, he then came to the United States to study with Prof. Jerome Lowenthal at The Juilliard School.
In the season of 2020 - 2021, Mr. Yu had made his two concerto debuts with the Rutgers Symphony Orchestra on the extraordinary Piano Concerto No.2 in F Minor by Chopin at Rutgers University’s Nicolas Center for the Performing Arts in New Brunswick, NJ. and collaborating with the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra on Brahms’ enormous Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor as part of the 2020 Busan Maru International Music Festival Series at Busan Cultural Center, South Korea. In 2021, after three intensely and highly competitive rounds in nearly one year’s contest, Mr. Yu has successfully entered the final stage of the prestigious and respected 67th Washington International Piano Competition and has been selected as one of the top six finalists from over 200 contestants worldwide.
In the year of 2018, Mr. Yu was accepted by one of the most prestigious and competitive classical music festivals in the world----The Ecole d'Art Americaines de Fontainebleau in the Palace of Fontainebleau, France, only eight pianists have been selected from worldwide along with the full-scholarship at the Fontainebleau Festival Concert Series. Under this extremely intensive program of the festival, Wenting Yu successfully made his European solo and chamber music debuts at this historical venue of the Castle of Fontainebleau as a featured concert artist. During his stay in France, Mr. Yu has been awarded the “Ravel Prize” of “2018 Competition of Maurice Ravel” by Maurice Ravel Foundation in the Palace of Fontainebleau, France. At the same time, Mr. Yu was the only recipient of “Robert Casadesus Grand Award” for his achievement in 2018 Fontainebleau Festival which awarded by Fontainebleau Associations in 2018.
This year, Mr. Yu will be producing his first CD Album, this project was commissioned by the Fontainebleau Associations and will be releasing by a distinguished label for classical music, the KNS Classical. In general, this CD project will feature many extraordinary musical creations by Robert Casadesus which carefully selected from his piano solo works. This CD will also contain exquisite piano selections from Couperin, Rameau, Faure, Debussy, Ravel in pair with Robert Casadesus’ music together as a part the dazzling heritage of the golden age of the French School in Western Music History. This CD will certainly launch further explorations on how distinctive styles inspired each other and co-exist or co-evolve together in the past century.
As in the field of the piano pedagogue, Mr. Yu always devoted himself to the explorations of coaching young pianists, including various levels of students in the U.S. and China. As a current Doctoral Adjunct Faculty at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Mr. Yu has taught undergraduate students class piano, private coaching, and secondary piano lessons. In 2020, Mr. Yu was invited to join the online international academy, “Eugene On Classics International Online Music Academy” as a piano faculty in residence along with many most renowned professors who currently teaching at the world’s most prestigious music conservatories and universities.
As a featured scholar and artist, Mr. Yu also offered a successful pedagogical lecture——The Art of Collaboration: On Teaching and Practice of Piano Duet at the “Online International Piano Pedagogy Symposium” of the 2020 Italian Conero International Music Festival in early August, 2020. Wenting Yu also offered an online pedagogical lecture via Livestream in the summer of 2021, “Aria On The Keyboard —— On Playing of Legato & Cantabile” which organized and invited by the International Piano Professional Association (IPPA).
At the meantime, Wenting Yu has become the featured artist of the 1st Manhaville International Music Festival and served as one of the Jury members of the 1st Manhaville International Piano Competition (European – American Division) along with distinguished faculties from Mannes School of Music and Manhattan School of Music.
In addition, Mr. Yu has served annually as the judge of European Music & Stars Awards International Music Competition since 2020 and is currently serving as the Artist in Residence and regional co-executive director which appointed by the Global Outstanding Chinese Artists Association (GOCAA) in 2022, etc.
A soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Yu has performed concerts for multiple times at the most prestigious venues including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall in London, The Amphitheatre of Paris Philharmonie, Hunter College. Meanwhile, Mr. Yu has appeared as a featured pianist in Piano Cantabile Concert Series of the Mannes Sounds Festival for years, the productions "Folk Songs in Nature" and the “China Gates” at Ernst C. Stiefel Hall in New York City and in both 2017 and 2019, Mr. Yu has been invited twice to presenting the Mannes School of Music and successfully performed his solo recitals at the historical American Yacht Club in Westchester; numerous appearances at NYC’s Steinway & Sons Hall including concerts of "Romantic Virtuosic Etudes" ,“The Art of Transcriptions” and “The Polish Connection”, etc. As a Guest Artist for several seasons at Schenectady, NY, Mr. Yu has been cordially invited by Young Musicians Forum Concert Series. In Fall 2018, Mr. Yu and his Mannes chamber group offered a well-reviewed performance in the concert of “Nature in Sound” at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NYC by presenting Schubert’s beloved masterpiece, the “Trout” Quintet. Mr. Yu and his group had also achieved a tremendous success on Brahms’ monumental Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op.60 “Werther” for “First Fridays Concert Series” at the historical Frick Collection Museum in NYC.
In addition to some conventional venues for the performing arts, Mr. Yu has been invited to give performances including some prestigious cultural institutions, the Metropolitan Club, the Union Club of NYC, Columbia University, Polish Consulate NYC, German Consulate NYC, Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York and many others. In the Spring of 2019, Mr. Yu has been invited and represented the Mannes School of Music as a featured artist to presents one of Chopin’s most extraordinary works —— Piano Concerto No.2 with Mannes String Quintet for the 20th Anniversary Gala of Mannes Sounds Festival at the Polish Consulate General, NYC as the Winner of 2018 Mannes School of Music Concerto Competition; the "Dichterliebe" (the Poet’s Love) Concert at the German Consulate General in March 2018; Mr. Yu also presented a magnificent chamber performance at NYC’s Bohemian National Hall in the Spring of 2018 as a featured artist and gave three world premieres by Mannes’ composers in a noble event of the “European Literature Night”.
Mr. Yu has been featured and collaborated with Busan Philharmonic Orchestra of Korea, the McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra in Ohio, Mannes Symphony Orchestra, Rutgers Symphony Orchestra, China Symphony Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic, Columbus Capital Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of Shenyang Conservatory of Music. He has also performed in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Aspen Music Festival and New York's WQXR radio. Mr. Yu has had the privilege of participating in masterclasses with Richard Goode, Yefim Bronfman, Robert Levin, Christian Ivaldi, Ann Schein, Murray Perahia, Vladimir Feltsman, John O'Connor, Solomon Mikowsky, etc.
Wenting Yu is currently based in New York City with his wife, concert pianist JingCi Liu.
Chinese Version (中文版简历）
于紋聽
艺术家简历
旅美中国钢琴家
- 美国罗格斯大学音乐艺术博士（DMA）全额奖学金获得者、钢琴系博士助教、钢琴副科教师
- 美国曼尼斯音乐学院硕士（钢琴演奏专业）—— 施坦威杰出钢琴家奖获得者
- 欧洲KNS古典唱片公司签约艺术家
- 2019年第21届美国纽约国际键盘音乐节国际钢琴比赛(IKIF)冠军
- 2018年美国纽约曼尼斯音乐学院国际协奏曲比赛第一名
- 欧洲“音乐之星”大奖国际音乐比赛常驻评委
- 全球杰出华人艺术家协会（GOCAA）签约驻会艺术家、美国纽约执行总监
作为独奏家、室内乐演奏家和钢琴教育工作者，于紋聽屡次在国内、国际钢琴比赛中赢得最高奖项。旅美期间，于紋聽荣获2020年芬兰国际钢琴比赛“艺术家组金奖”、2019年第21届美国纽约国际键盘音乐节国际钢琴比赛冠军、2021年全球杰出华人艺术家协会国际钢琴大赛（GOCAA）第一名、2020年美国罗格斯大学梅森•格罗斯协奏曲大赛第一名、2018法国拉威尔国际音乐大赛“拉威尔大奖”、2018法国枫丹白露国际音乐节“罗伯特·卡萨德苏杰出成就大奖”、2018年英国伦敦国际艺术家大赛金奖、2018年美国曼尼斯音乐学院国际协奏曲比赛第一名；2010年第五届中国全国钢琴比赛（厦门鼓浪屿）“青年组第一名”及“委约作品最佳演奏奖”等。同时，于紋聽还囊获2020年韩国釜山国际音乐节协奏曲大赛银奖、2019年美国格什温钢琴国际比赛“音乐会艺术家组季军”、 2020年第九届美国大都会国际钢琴比赛第三名、美国全国音乐教师协会（MTNA）国际钢琴大赛——美国东部地区冠军及MTNA 2016-2017年度全美总决赛“施坦威青年钢琴家奖”等诸多国际、国内奖项。
2019年，于紋聽以全额奖学金成功考取距今255年历史的美国“公立常春藤盟校”之一的罗格斯大学梅森•格罗斯艺术学院音乐艺术博士学位, 同时获得博士助理教学职位，并师从罗格斯大学梅森•格罗斯艺术学院钢琴系教授、曼尼斯音乐学院钢琴系教授兼预科部主任弗拉基米尔•瓦利亚雷维奇（Vladimir Valjarevic）。同年5月，于紋聽获得位于美国纽约的世界表演艺术百年名校、美国五大最负盛名音乐学院之一的曼尼斯音乐学院钢琴演奏硕士学位，师承美国希尔顿•海德国际钢琴比赛及克利夫兰国际钢琴比赛评委会主席、曼尼斯音乐学院钢琴系主任、曼尼斯之声音乐节创始人兼终身艺术总监帕芙丽娜•多科夫斯卡(Pavlina Dokovska)。在该校毕业典礼上，于紋聽被纽约施坦威总部和曼尼斯音乐学院联合授予“施坦威杰出钢琴家奖”。
在2020 至2021年演出季中，于紋聽与多支杰出的交响乐团进行了联袂合作。其中包括应韩国釜山国际音乐节组委会的邀约，作为音乐节演出季特邀独奏家同韩国釜山爱乐乐团合作上演《勃拉姆斯D小调第一钢琴协奏曲》，以及携手美国罗格斯大学交响乐团《肖邦F小调第二钢琴协奏曲》。与此同时，受美国华盛顿国际钢琴比赛组委会邀请，全球共248位钢琴家进行了历时近一年的三轮激烈角逐，于紋聽在2021年6月作为最终胜出的六名决赛钢琴家之一，成功挺进拥有近百年历史传统的、专业含金量极高的第67届美国华盛顿国际钢琴比赛总决赛并获得决赛奖。继该赛举办以来，此次总决赛的盛会也首次面向全球观众进行了在线赛事直播。2019年夏，来自全球各地近100多位选手赴美国纽约参加“第21届美国纽约国际键盘音乐节国际钢琴比赛”，历经三轮鏖战后，于紋聽作为胜出的四名决赛选手成功入围决赛，同时也是入围决赛的唯一中国选手，并最终夺得本届比赛的桂冠。来自《美国唱片指南》的知名乐评人James Harrington对于紋聽在决赛演奏的近90分钟的独奏会印象深刻，并就于紋聽所演奏的其中一首《勃拉姆斯f小调第三钢琴奏鸣曲》激动地评论道：“…《勃拉姆斯第三奏鸣曲》是一部集深刻艺术内涵和高超炫技技巧为一体的巨作，是一部名副其实的写在键盘上的“交响曲”…中国钢琴家于紋聽的演奏是极具震撼力的，也是极其深刻的，是一场感染力和交响性极强的演奏！……”
2018年夏，于紋聽成功被古典艺术界历史悠久的、全球最负盛名音乐节之一的法国枫丹白露国际音乐节以全额奖学金录取。于紋聽受邀作为特约独奏家赴法国枫丹白露宫，并在音乐节演出季内成功举办多场音乐会，他以精湛的演奏技巧和非凡的舞台感染力受到广大法国乐迷、欧洲知名媒体的极高评价与赞赏。在此期间，荣获法国拉威尔国际音乐比赛“拉威尔大奖”，同时，由法国枫丹白露基金会向其颁发该音乐节的最高荣誉——“罗伯特·卡萨德苏杰出成就大奖”。 在法国枫丹白露国际音乐节、法国枫丹白露基金会的特别企划下，将同欧洲KNS古典唱片公司联合制作并发行于紋聽首张个人CD专辑——《枫丹白露的调色板》。此专辑将为古典乐迷们奉上音乐史中多位最具代表性的法国作曲家们的非凡艺术创造，带大家充分领略法国古典音乐学派自巴洛克时代至20世纪现代主义以来的诸多历史巅峰时刻，进一步探索法国现代主义作曲家们是如何影响了20、21世纪作曲家们的创作理念，如何启迪了当代作曲家们的艺术灵感及变革思想。届时，大家将欣赏到来自法国作曲家拉莫、库普兰、福列、德彪西、拉威尔、卡萨德苏及包括20世纪西班牙著名作曲家法雅在内的璀璨的艺术遗产。
“曼尼斯之声国际音乐节”是曼尼斯音乐学院这座世界顶级表演艺术殿堂上最闪耀的“一颗明珠”，在校期间，于紋聽曾多次参加“曼尼斯之声国际音乐节一年一度的演出季，并屡次代表学院在纽约多处享有盛誉的表演艺术场所进行系列主题音乐会的公演，如在纽约卡内基音乐厅的“法兰西色彩之夜”；纽约施坦威音乐厅的“改编的艺术”、“浪漫主义炫技练习曲之夜”及“波兰灵感之夜”；德国驻纽约总领馆的“诗人之恋——舒曼---勃拉姆斯专场”；纽约波西米亚国家大厅的“欧洲文学之夜”；纽约弗里克博物馆每月古典音乐季的“如歌的键盘”及“声音里的自然”等数十场主题音乐会。2019年2月，“曼尼斯之声国际音乐节二十周年盛典暨肖邦专场音乐会”在波兰共和国驻美国纽约总领馆隆重举行，于紋聽携手曼尼斯音乐学院杰出的器乐演奏家们倾情演绎《肖邦f小调第二钢琴协奏曲》，曼尼斯音乐学院院长理查德·凯斯勒先生在盛典上热情致辞并做出极高评价：“本场音乐会注定将是曼尼斯之声音乐节创办20年以来最重要的盛会，它的意义和价值是非凡的，它承载着20年来所有曼尼斯人对艺术的热忱、辛劳、奉献和非凡的创造力，它将同曼尼斯之声音乐节一道，成为代表曼尼斯音乐学院国际声誉及最高艺术水准的第一名片！”
在钢琴教学领域，于紋聽曾作为美国曼尼斯音乐学院的钢琴系副科教师、现任美国罗格斯大学梅森·格罗斯艺术学院钢琴系的博士助理教师，多年来不断地致力于从初学者到大学生各个不同级别、年龄段的钢琴学习者的教学实践工作与当代钢琴教学法的研究及探索。2020年夏，同多所世界知名音乐院校的钢琴教育家、演奏家们一道，于紋聽应邀成为Eugene On Classics国际在线音乐学院常驻特聘教师、签约艺术家并向来自中国、日本、韩国、德国、奥地利、美国等地的钢琴学子们开授专业课、在线大师课、讲座音乐会等诸多钢琴演奏法和教学法活动。同年8月初，于紋聽作为特邀艺术家，在意大利科雷诺国际音乐节暨“国际钢琴教学法在线高峰论坛”成功举办钢琴教学法青年教师模范讲座：《协作的艺术——论钢琴二重奏的教学与实践》。此外，于紋聽还是美国国际钢琴专业协会（IPPA）博士学术团队成员，他在2021年6月举办于该协会成功举办“青年钢琴家系列”演奏法专题讲座及系列课程线上分享会——《键盘上的咏叹调：浅析钢琴演奏中的Legato触键法及歌唱性乐句处理》，于紋聽以其独特的钢琴演奏法观点和实用性极强的技术示范及解析，在广大钢琴学子、青年教师和家长们之间引起了的热烈反响并获得了所有听众们的极高支持与肯定。2021年夏，于紋聽受邀在中国得沐（DArt）国际艺术教育担任常驻钢琴教师，并将在2021年7至8月的首届得沐国际音乐节系列讲座中奉上独家专题讲座，此音乐节的系列讲座也将在中国杭州及美国纽约线上及线下同步举行。自2020年起，于紋聽都将担任每届欧洲“音乐之星”大奖（Music & Stars Awards）国际音乐比赛的常驻评委，以及受全球杰出华人艺术家协会（GOCAA）主席的邀请成为该协会的专业会员成员。同时，于紋聽和美国曼尼斯音乐学院、美国曼哈顿音乐学院的资深教授们将一同担任第一届“曼哈维尔国际音乐节”（Manhaville）特邀艺术家及第一届“曼哈维尔国际钢琴比赛”的欧美赛区评委，音乐节期间，于紋聽举办钢琴演奏法个人线上讲座。
旅美期间，于紋聽始终活跃在国际顶尖音乐舞台上并致力于中外文化的交流与传播。于紋聽的演艺足迹遍及美国与欧洲多地，作为独奏家和室内乐演奏家，他曾多次受邀在美国纽约卡内基音乐厅、美国纽约林肯中心艾莉丝•塔利大厅、纽约施坦威音乐厅、中国驻纽约总领馆、波兰驻纽约总领馆、德国驻纽约总领馆、法国枫丹白露宫、法国巴黎爱乐大厅环形剧场、英国伦敦皇家阿尔伯特厅、英国皇家音乐学院、韩国釜山国际音乐节、美国纽约波西米亚国立大厅、美国纽约弗里克博物馆、美国哥伦比亚大学“中-美文化经济论坛”、美国纽约市立大学亨特学院、美国纽约联合俱乐部、美国纽约大都会俱乐部、美国阿斯本国际音乐节、韩国釜山国际音乐节、中国厦门鼓浪屿音乐节、美国纽约迪梅纳古典音乐中心、美国俄亥俄州麦康奈尔表演艺术中心、美国航海俱乐部、美国青年音乐家论坛演出季等诸多享誉盛名的世界顶级表演艺术场所及文化交流中心举办个人独奏及室内乐音乐会，深受各地观众、媒体的青睐，同时收获极高赞誉。
近年来，于紋聽曾经与国内外诸多知名交响乐团和室内乐乐团合作演出，其中包括韩国釜山爱乐乐团、美国罗格斯交响乐团、美国曼尼斯交响乐团、美国曼尼斯室内乐团、美国麦康奈尔艺术中心室内乐团、美国俄亥俄州哥伦布首府交响乐团、美国阿斯本国际音乐节室内乐团、中国厦门爱乐乐团、中国沈阳音乐学院青年交响院团等。此外，于紋聽多次被推荐与当代著名的钢琴泰斗们进行合作，同时在他们的大师课上为其演奏并得到诸多大师们的一致赞许，其中包括：理查·古德（Richard Goode）、叶菲姆·布朗夫曼（Yefim Bronfman）、罗伯特·列文（Robert Levin）、穆雷·佩拉西亚（Murray Perahia）、弗拉基米尔·费尔兹曼（Vladimir Feltsman）、菲利普·比昂科尼（Philippe Bianconi）、克里斯蒂安·伊瓦尔迪（Christian Ivaldi）、安·沙茵（Ann Schein）、 约翰·奥康纳（John O'Connor）、马克·席尔弗曼（Marc Silverman）、所罗门·米考夫斯基（Solomon Mikowsky）等。
出生于音乐世家的于紋聽受教于多位中国、美国著名钢琴演奏大师及教育家，先后师从朱雅芬教授、张取名教授、王天舒教授、韦丹文教授及杰罗姆·罗文塔尔（Jerome Lowenthal）教授。
目前，于紋聽常驻美国纽约。
